Learn where energy resources come from and where they are found around the world, by building fossil fuels, placing wind turbines and trading gas.
Years 3–6 geography · 1
Years 3–6 geography · 1
Years 3–6 geography · 1
Years 3–6 geography · 1
Years 3–6 geography · 1
What the chapters cover in the national curriculum in England:
Energy Explorers is an interactive geography game that teaches children aged 8–11 where energy resources come from, how they are spread around the world and how countries trade them. It follows the KS2 Geography objective on the distribution of natural resources, pitched at Year 6.
Guided by Watt, a friendly spark, players sort natural resources into energy, food, minerals and water, then travel 300 million years back in time to bury swamp plants and squeeze them into coal. They place solar panels, wind turbines and hydro dams where each works best, and learn the difference between renewable energy, which never runs out, and non-renewable fossil fuels, which will.
On a real world map they find oil in Saudi Arabia, coal in China and hot rocks in Iceland. Finally they connect a pipeline, a tanker ship and an undersea cable to see how the UK imports energy.
Most of our energy comes from natural resources such as coal, oil, natural gas, sunshine, wind, flowing water and heat from inside the Earth. Power stations use these resources to make electricity, which travels to our homes along cables carried by pylons.
Fossil fuels formed from living things that died millions of years ago. Coal came from giant swamp plants, while oil and natural gas came mostly from tiny sea creatures called plankton, buried under mud and rock and slowly squeezed and heated.
Renewable energy, such as sunshine, wind and flowing water, will never run out. Non-renewable energy, such as coal, oil and natural gas, took millions of years to form, so once we use it up it is gone.
The game is designed for children aged 8 to 11 and matches the KS2 Geography curriculum in England, where natural resources are usually taught in Year 6. Spoken narration and short instructions help younger or less confident readers join in.
It includes five guided chapters, each with an animated introduction, hands-on activities and a quick check, plus a 10-question final challenge. Playing everything takes about 45 minutes, and children can start from any chapter on the map.
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